Castlegar will be seeing more flights at its regional airport, according to a press release issued today. “The West Kootenay Regional Airport is pleased to advise that Jazz Air has increased its summer passenger service to better meet the needs of the travelling public in the West Kootenay region,” the release said. Airport manager Gerry […]

Trail City Council has decided to dedicate the land previously occupied by the Eagles Building for the construction of a new Trail Public Library and Historical Museum; this decision was made during Council’s 2014 Strategic Planning Session on May 2. Although this city-owned land has been officially allocated for the new...

Trivia time: who was the last leader of the BC NDP to lead his party to more than 45 per cent of the popular vote in a provincial election? One would have to go back six leaders and eight elections to 1979 when Dave Barrett won 45.99 per cent of the popular vote and still lost the election to Bill Bennett and the Social Credit...

CBC Radio recently aired an interesting interview on with Dr. Paul Kershaw, an associate professor in the College for Interdisciplinary Studies at UBC, who has started an initiative called Generation Squeeze. We’ve all either heard of or personally experienced the Boomerang Generation, where children we thought we had...

An Ipsos Reid poll taken in the days following the leaders’ debate shows positive movement for both the BC Liberals and leader Christy Clark. The NDP lead among decided voters has fallen from 19 points at the start of the campaign to 10 points today. And Adrian Dix’s lead over Christy Clark as Best Premier […]

At its regular meeting Monday, Castlegar City Council will be receiving its monthly Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) report for the month of March. In said report, CRU commanding officer Cpl. Darryl Orr outlines some of the Castlegar CRU’s accomplishments for the month (except those that create privacy issues in terms of reporting). March 1: “An […]

Knowing where to vote can be confusing, and election day draws nigh, so District Electoral Officer Don Vinish gave us a clear list of where you can vote, in advance or on election day, in the West Kootenay District. First, Vinish says you can vote anywhere in the province, as well as anywhere within the […]

Nurses on Vancouver Island are demanding an immediate halt to a plan to cut nurses at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital because it puts patients’ safety at risk.   The Vancouver Island Health Authority scheme would eliminate a total of 26 nurses – both Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses – from teams providing bedside care […]

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily Regional parks may look natural, but there’s a lot that goes in to keeping them that way. The RDCK operates 20 regional parks in the area and their 2013 maintenance and upgrades were reviewed at the April 11 Regional District of Central Kootenay’s monthly board meeting. Parking, monitoring, community […]

Things are getting interesting - a fourth candidate, independent Glen Byle from Trail, has thrown his hat into the ring for Kootenay West in the upcoming B.C. provincial election. Byle, a 26-year-old medical equipment repairman at KBRH, is also married and the father of a 10-month-old baby. "I am a young voter who never found...